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How to Insert / Delete rows programmatically in an Excel
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How to Insert / Delete rows programmatically in an Excel Worksheet
Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:37:57 +0000
Do you wish to have worksheets that can be easily updated to keep up with your
constantly changing business needs? Using Aspose.Cells APIs, you can quickly
insert new rows, columns, cells, and worksheets — and just as easily delete
them — calling a few methods only and your task is performed with excellence.
While you are creating a new worksheet from scratch or working with an existing
worksheet, you might need to add extra rows / columns into your worksheet to
accommodate more data or for your specific need. Alternatively, it can also be
required to delete rows / columns from specified positions / locations in the
worksheet. To fulfill these requirements, Aspose.Cells provides simplest set of
APIs that can easily perform your desired task within no time. There are two
methods that Aspose.Cells offers in this regard i.e., InsertRows and DeleteRows,
these two methods are optimized related performance and efficient enough to do
the job very quickly.

So if you are in need to insert some sets of rows or remove a number of rows, it
is recommended that you should always use InsertRows and DeleteRows methods
instead of repeatedly using InsertRow and DeleteRow methods in a loop.

Aspose.Cells works in the same way as Microsoft Excel does. When rows or columns
are added, the contents in the worksheet are shifted to downwards or right side
but if rows or columns are removed, the contents in the worksheet will be
shifted to upwards or left side. Moreover, the references in other worksheets
are updated accordingly upon insertion / deletion of rows.

Following example shows the usage of InsertRows and DeleteRows methods

[C#]

//Instantiate a Workbook object.
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Load a template file.
workbook.Open("d:\\test\\MyBook.xls");
//Get the first worksheet in the book.
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Insert 10 rows at row index 2 (insertion starts at 3rd row)
sheet.Cells.InsertRows(2, 10);
//Delete 5 rows now. (8th row - 12th row)
sheet.Cells.DeleteRows(7, 5);
//Save the excel file.
workbook.Save("d:\\test\\out_MyBook.xls");

[VB]

'Instantiate a Workbook object.
Dim workbook As Workbook = New Workbook
'Load a template file.
workbook.Open("d:\test\MyBook.xls")
'Get the first worksheet in the book.
Dim sheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'Insert 10 rows at row index 2 (insertion starts at 3rd row)
sheet.Cells.InsertRows(2, 10)
'Delete 5 rows now. (8th row - 12th row)
sheet.Cells.DeleteRows(7, 5)
'Save the excel file.
workbook.Save("d:\test\out_MyBook.xls")

[Java]

//Instantiate a Workbook object.
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Load a template file.
workbook.open("d:\\test\\MyBook.xls");
//Get the first worksheet in the book.
Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().getSheet(0);
//Insert 10 rows at row index 2 (insertion starts at 3rd row)
sheet.getCells().insertRows(2, 10);
//Delete 5 rows now. (8th row - 12th row)
sheet.getCells().deleteRows(7, 5,true);
//Save the excel file.
workbook.save("d:\\test\\out_MyBook.xls");

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